7th Grade Qtr 4

Quarter 4 :
The Early Modern World
Science and Exploration, Enlightenment and Revolution ( Non-American)
The Modern World
Spread of Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Nationalism and Colonial Empires, WW I, WW II

Standards	Content The Big Id	Skills	Activities	Assessment
RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.5, RL.7.6, RL.7.7	Literary Text	Cite textual evidence to: Analyze explicit meaning Support inferences Determine theme Analyze development Summarize text Analyze how story elements (plot, setting, etc.) effect each other Determine figurative and connotative meanings Analyze the impact of repetition on poetry and prose. Analyze the effect of form and structure in prose and poetry Analyze point of view Compare and Contrast a written text to its media version Analyze the effect of the techniques unique to each medium	Suggested Reading: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Suggested Activities: Visual or digital timeline Scrapbook Write a Children's book Watch related films RAFT Create a Website as a group Email/interview a survivor Virtual Field Trip of Holocaust museum Films of other Holocausts Connect to When Elephants Fight	Formative Assessments: Quiz, Ticket-out-the door. Quick Write, Survey, Likert Scale, Observation, QAR squares
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5. RI.7.6, RI.7.7	Non-Fiction Text	Cite textual evidence to: Analyze explicit meaning Support inferences Determine theme Analyze development Summarize text Analyze individuals, event and ideas effect each other Determine figurative, connotative and technical meaning Analyze impact of of word choice on meaning and tone Analyze structure and how it effects development of ideas Determine POV Determine how an author distinguishes his position Compare and contrast a text to a media version Analyze how the media effects meaning	Suggested Reading: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, w.7.7, W.7.9, w.7.10	Writing	Understand development, organization, style, task, purpose and audience Use planning, revising, editing and rewriting techniques Utilize peer and adult critique Use technology to produce and publish writing Cite and link sources Use evidence from literary and informational text to support writing Ability to write for extended periods of time on a range of topics and for different audiences and purposes	1. Task Definition: Use of graphs, interest surveys, KWL, etc 2. Information seeking strategies: OPAC, Infohio, databases, Google Scholar, Websites 3. Location and Access: Evaluation of sources, plagerism, citation 4. Use of information: paraphrase, summarize, creative commons 5. Sythesis: Prezi, PPT, Moviemaker, website creation, Publisher, glogster, 6. Evaluation	Create a Commerical or PSA that utilizes propaganda techniques
SL.7.1, SL.7.5, SL.7.6	Speaking and Listening	Engage in effectively in a range of collaborative discussions Refer to evidence from researched and read materials during discussions Follow discussion protocols Modify views when warranted Include multimedia elements to clarify and emphasize Demonstrate command of formal English	Voices of the Holocaust (Perfection Learning) Use Thinking Skills and Writing Activities at the end of a cluster.	The activities can be used as either Formative or Summative Assessments
L.7.1, L.7.2, L.7.3, L.7.4, L.7.5, L.7.6	Language	Demonstrate command of standard English grammar Explain the function of phrases and clauses Choose different sentence structures to show relationships (ex. Compound, Complex) Place phrases and clauses within sentences Recognize and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers Demonstrate command of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling Use a comma to seperate coordinate adjectives Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely Determine or clarify meaning of unknown or multiple meaning words Use multiple strategies to define and claify meaning of words Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase Use common Greek or Latin arrixes and roots as clues to meaning Consult general and specialized reference materials to find pronunciation and clarify meaning Demonstrate understanding of figurative language Interpret figures of speech in context Use the relationships between words to understand each of the words Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations Aquire and use grade-appropriate words and phrases Aquire and use domain specific words and phrases	Revision and Deep Revision techniques Example: Students rewrite narrative in a different point of view. Students identify all passive verbs in narrative and change to active. Students rewrite narrative from a different perspective. Students identify overused words and use a thesarus to improve their word usage. Students identify any uses of idiom, cliche, analogies, allusions and other figurative language in their writing. Ask them to say rewrite without using figurative language and then make a determination which is better.